User Calendar vs Half Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
User Calendar
A versatile calendar app for managing work, vacations, and reminders. It offers Gregorian and Lunar calendar views, customizable alerts, and cloud storage for settings. Supports a wide range of countries and allows for custom holiday designations.
- Gregorian and Lunar calendar query
- Customizable reminders with color-coding
- System calendar integration
- Cloud storage for settings
- Customizable holidays and workdays
- Country-specific calendar information
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This is a powerful calendar program that allows you to customize the date of work and vacation, set various reminders, integrate system calendars, and store settings in the cloud space. 1.Gregorian and Lunar Query 2.Customize reminders for different colors of the Gregorian or Lunar calendar 3.Integrating system calendars, you can view system calendars directly 4.User-set calendars can exist in the cloud space of a personal account, and the change is not lost 5.Interval reminder 6.You can add special dates to the system calendar. The display will be distinguished by different colors, or you can hide other system calendars to distinguish between work and family trips 7.Reminder for weekdays (not counting holidays) 8.Users can customize vacation or non-holiday features 9.Astrology calendar 10.You can choose which country's calendar information to display, List of supported countries : If the country is not on the list, or the holiday is different because of different regions, you can also customize which day is a holiday or non-holiday 1.Taiwan 2.China 3.Hong Kong 4.Macau 5.Malaysia 6.Singapore 7.Japan 8.South Korea 9.Philippines 10.Vietnam 11.India 12.Canada 13.France 14.Germany 15.Austria 16.Switzerland 17.Czech Republic 18.Australia 19.Netherlands 20.Belgium 21.Luxembourg 22.Spain 23.Argentina 24.Paraguay 25.Mexico 26.Chile 27.Costa Rica 28.Portugal 29.Brazil 30.Italy 31.Ireland 32.United Kingdom 33.New Zealand 34.United States
Half Keyboard
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The standard iOS keyboard takes up almost half your iPad HalfKeyboard takes about two thirds of that, so you keep seeing what you're typing into — your chat, your form, your note. But it's not a stripped-down version. Everything you expect from a keyboard is there, right where your thumb already rests. SWIPE DOWN FOR THE SECOND CHARACTER Swipe down on a letter key to get the character above it: q becomes 1, a becomes @, z becomes %. On the period key, a swipe down gives a comma. You'll rarely need the number layer. SET IT UP YOUR WAY Height, font size, key spacing, bottom row thickness, typeface — all with a slider. Both in the app and in the keyboard itself, so you see the effect right away. Settings made in the app go to the keyboard; not the other way round, because a keyboard without full access isn't allowed to write back. SPACE BAR AS A TRACKPAD Hold the space bar and drag to move the cursor through your text. No more aiming for a single letter. WORD SUGGESTIONS THAT SEND NOTHING A suggestion bar in Dutch, English or German, or automatic. The word list lives inside the app; nothing is looked up and nothing is remembered. EMOJI Its own emoji board with categories and a clock tab that fills with what you used last. ROOMIER ON IPAD On iPad you get two extra layouts: a numeric pad on the right, and a split layout with the pad in the middle and a space bar under each thumb. PRIVACY HERE IS NOT A PROMISE BUT A BOUNDARY HalfKeyboard does not ask for full access. Without that permission, a keyboard on iOS cannot connect to the internet — a technical limit, not a word of honour. No analytics, no ads, no account, no third-party SDKs. What you type stays on your device. Free, with no strings attached: no ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Half Keyboard at none against User Calendar's shown. User Calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
User Calendar ships an update every 5 weeks, Half Keyboard every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | User Calendar | Half Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yihang Huang | dick hartog |
In-app purchases
User Calendar
No in-app purchases
Half Keyboard
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is User Calendar free?
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Do User Calendar or Half Keyboard have ads?
Which is updated more often, User Calendar or Half Keyboard?
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